I think, the bolded parts are interesting points. On the first, I agree, the thing isn't just to find good players for each role, it is needed to define roles to make sure, you stay balanced. Depending on certain situations and needs, you still can adapt to individual games or in-game even but balance is the thing to strive for.
The second part I disagree though. I think, that just slams the door without really looking into it. There is a simple reason why we not even think about having Fred, McTominay AND DVB in the middle of the park for some games - and this reason is nobody wants to miss out on some of the talent in attack.
Last year we afforded ourselves to have Pogba, Martial, Rashford (2021 edition) and Greenwood attack without compensating for the lack of workrate this will end up in. When Cavani came in for Martial, we were so happy because it was so good to our play. Now we added Ronaldo and Sancho and all people can think of is a shiny new DM to finally be able to play both Bruno and Pogba in Midfield and still being able to choose three attackers. It is an understandable thought, no question about it, but it will always be unbalanced and therefor easy to exploit. No DM in the world can win a midfield battle on their own, that particular issue will persist no matter who we field in midfield as long as we are not making sure, the rest of the team supports the midfield as it is the most important area on the pitch these days. Exhibit A: yesterdays match where we were denied to have any sort of service into the attack.
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